What a joke
QuoteLa Liga side set for Team Dubai rebrandApril 19, 2011
Email Print By Mark Lomas
Royal Emirates Group, the investment arm of the Dubai royal family, has bought an as yet unnamed La Liga club and is set to rebrand the team and invest heavily.
The identity of Team Dubai will be revealed this Thursday
Early reports indicated that the club in question was Real Zaragoza and suggested that the cash-strapped outfit would be renamed 'Team Dubai'.
But a spokesperson for Royal Emirates Group, owned by Sheikh Butti Bin Suhail Al Maktoum, confirmed to ESPNsoccernet that Zaragoza are not the club in question and that the club that has been bought will not be completely renamed.
The spokesperson said: "It is a Spanish La Liga division side. The team will not be renamed but it will be titled as '[club's name] Team Dubai' in order to deliver the message that Dubai care."
The team's identity will be revealed at a press conference on Thursday but ESPNsoccernet understands that the club in question are a mid-table, debt-free Primera Division side who have enjoyed some domestic success in recent seasons and have participated in European compeition.
The club's chairman and several high-profile players are due to arrive in Dubai on Wednesday.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/909155/la-liga-side-to-be-renamed-team-dubai-after-takeover?cc=5739 (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/909155/la-liga-side-to-be-renamed-team-dubai-after-takeover?cc=5739)
Deportivo La Coruna?
"Racing Team Dubai" has a nice ring to it, but it's still a daft idea. If you really cared, you'd leave the name alone
The people from Dubai have more money than sense.
Quote from: The Equalizer on April 20, 2011, 12:01:13 PM
Deportivo La Coruna?
Mr Eq, I heard too it was Real Zaragoza but not 100% sure.
i heard Getafe
Sounds like the sort of thing Mo would do to Fulham.
Quote from: Matt Inglis on April 20, 2011, 04:05:25 PM
Sounds like the sort of thing Mo would do to Fulham.
What ? Neverland Fulham ?
Quote from: finnster01 on April 20, 2011, 12:32:02 PM
Quote from: The Equalizer on April 20, 2011, 12:01:13 PM
Deportivo La Coruna?
Mr Eq, I heard too it was Real Zaragoza but not 100% sure.
That got nixed in the article though.
Quote from: The Equalizer on April 20, 2011, 04:14:23 PM
Quote from: finnster01 on April 20, 2011, 12:32:02 PM
Quote from: The Equalizer on April 20, 2011, 12:01:13 PM
Deportivo La Coruna?
Mr Eq, I heard too it was Real Zaragoza but not 100% sure.
That got nixed in the article though.
But so did the chicken lady's statements of "full" support for Big Sam... :005:
It's Getafe, confirmed in as.com
